heating!

[huskie bear]

Hi there everybody! I got a baby western hog today, which is being kept in a 10
qt. rubbermade bin. I've looked all over for a heat source, but im still unsure on
what to do. I have an appropriately sized UTH , but it say on the pad not to use on plastic bins.So im puzzled

any help & suggestions would be very helpful

[cmack91]

its fine on plastic as long as you can regulate it, which is important cause those things can get hot enough to burn you at 130+

[huskie bear]

is it safe? he digs through the substrate and tries to lay right on it. I've heard putting cage carpet solves this problem?

[RichsBallPythons]

Hoggies burrow and back heat works best with them.

You can either keep room at 84 and thats it or give him a temp of 86 via back heat and your fine.

[huskie bear]

now how would I apply this "back heat"? dumb question i'm sure. sorry!

[RichsBallPythons]

Just putting the UTh on the back of the tub

[huskie bear]

Oh! O.k , thank you very much!